June 19, 2013 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the AIAA Foundation (AIAAF) have selected undergraduate scholarship awardees for the 2013–2014 academic year. Each scholarship was in the amount of $2,500.

The AIAA Foundation presented three Orville and Wilbur Wright Scholarships. The winners are:

Braden Hancock, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Jaime Katzer,University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Brookelynn Russey, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

The AIAA Foundation presented the David and Catherine Thompson Space Technology Scholarship to:

Nicolas Spoentgen, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.

The AIAA Foundation presented the Leatrice Gregory Pendray Scholarship to the Foundation’s top female scholarship applicant. The winner is:

The AIAA Foundation seeks to “make it exciting, make it empowering, and make it fun.” That simple, compelling philosophy drives the Foundation’s commitment to math, science, and technology education. The AIAA Foundation offers a wealth of resources to support educators from K–12 through the university level: scholarships, classroom grants, design competitions, and student conferences, improving scientific literacy and advancing the arts and sciences of aerospace. For more information on the AIAA Foundation and its programs for students, teachers, and professionals, please visit www.aiaafoundation.org.

AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org.